DEARLY BELOVED
Talking about purity after purity culture
Does God truly delight in me the way that He created me? Am I truly beloved, in spite of both implicit and explicit messages from others to the contrary? During this message series, we will examine the way that our society has defined purity, and ramifications of what we sometimes call "purity culture." Together, we will discover ways that we can better internalize the fact that God loves us dearly.
| June 1 | The Psychology of Disgust and Purity Culture | Contrasting the logic of disgust with Jesus' inclusive love |
| June 8 | A Biblical Deep Dive on Sexuality | 3 key passages from scripture on an affirming view of human sexuality |
| June 15 | Reclaiming Our Bodies and Embracing God's Love | A framework for a sexual ethic reflecting God's love for us |
We recognize that this message series addresses very complex issues and that we cannot cover them all in the course of three sermons. If you have related questions, we would love to hear them, so that we may try to address them appropriately.
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Some helpful resources
| Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality | Richard Beck |
| Eucontamination: A Christian Study in the Logic of Disgust and Contamination | Billie Hoard, Paul R. Hoard |
| Changing Our Mind | David Gushee |
| The Widening of God's Mercy: Sexuality Within The Biblical Story | Christopher B. Hays, Richard B. Hays |
